HF 3772

as introduced - 92nd Legislature (2021 - 2022) Posted on 02/24/2022 02:06pm

A bill for an act
relating to public safety; providing for more comprehensive use of the Criminal
and Juvenile Justice Information Advisory Group in its review of Bureau of
Criminal Apprehension issues; amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections
299C.46, subdivision 1; 299C.65, subdivisions 1a, 3a.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299C.46, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Establishment.

The commissioner of public safety shall establish a
criminal justice data communications network that will provide secure access to systems
and services available from or through the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. new text begin The Bureau
of Criminal Apprehension may approve additional criminal justice uses by authorized
agencies to access necessary systems or services not from or through the bureau. new text end The
commissioner of public safety is authorized to lease or purchase facilities and equipment
as may be necessary to establish and maintain the data communications network.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299C.65, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:

Subd. 1a.

Membership; duties.

(a) The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Information new text begin and
Bureau of Criminal Apprehension new text end Advisory Group consists of the following members:

(1) the commissioner of corrections or designee;

(2) the commissioner of public safety or designee;

(3) the state chief information officer or designee;

(4) three members of the judicial branch appointed by the chief justice of the supreme
court;

(5) the commissioner of administration or designee;

(6) the state court administrator or designee;

(7) two members appointed by the Minnesota Sheriffs Association, at least one of whom
must be a sheriff;

(8) two members appointed by the Minnesota Chiefs of Police Association, at least one
of whom must be a chief of police;

(9) two members appointed by the Minnesota County Attorneys Association, at least
one of whom must be a county attorney;

(10) two members appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities representing the interests
of city attorneys, at least one of whom must be a city attorney;

(11) two members appointed by the Board of Public Defense, at least one of whom must
be a public defender;

(12) two corrections administrators appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties
representing the interests of local corrections, at least one of whom represents a Community
Corrections Act county;

(13) two probation officers appointed by the commissioner of corrections in consultation
with the president of the Minnesota Association of Community Corrections Act Counties
and the president of the Minnesota Association of County Probation Officers;

(14) four public members appointed by the governor representing both metropolitan and
greater Minnesota for a term of four years using the process described in section 15.059,
one of whom represents the interests of victims, and one of whom represents the private
business community who has expertise in integrated information systems and who, for the
purposes of meetings of the advisory group, may be compensated pursuant to section 15.059;

(15) two members appointed by the Minnesota Association for Court Management, at
least one of whom must be a court administrator;

(16) one member of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house,
or an alternate who is also a member of the house of representatives, appointed by the
speaker of the house;

(17) one member of the senate appointed by the majority leader, or an alternate who is
also a member of the senate, appointed by the majority leader of the senate;

(18) one member appointed by the attorney general;

(19) two members appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities, one of whom works
or resides in greater Minnesota and one of whom works or resides in the seven-county
metropolitan area, and at least one of whom is an elected official;

(20) two members appointed by the Association of Minnesota Counties, one of whom
works or resides in greater Minnesota and one of whom works or resides in the seven-county
metropolitan area, and at least one of whom is an elected official; and

(21) the director of the Sentencing Guidelines Commission or a designee.

(b) The chair, first vice-chair, and second vice-chair shall be elected by the advisory
group.

(c) The advisory group shall serve as the state advisory group on statewide criminal
justice information policy and funding issues. The advisory group shall study and make
recommendations to the governor, the supreme court, and the legislature on criminal justice
information funding and policy issues such as related data practices, individual privacy
rights, and data on race and ethnicity; information-sharing at the local, state, and federal
levels; technology education and innovation; the impact of proposed legislation on the
criminal justice system related to information systems and business processes; and data and
identification standards.

new text begin (d) The advisory group shall have the additional duties of reviewing and advising the
bureau superintendent on:
new text end

new text begin (1) audits, accreditation reports, and internal reviews of bureau operations;
new text end

new text begin (2) emerging technologies in the law enforcement and forensic science fields;
new text end

new text begin (3) policies and practices that impact individual privacy interests; and
new text end

new text begin (4) other programmatic and operational initiatives of the bureau at the request of the
superintendent.
new text end

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 299C.65, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:

Subd. 3a.

Report.

The advisory group shall file a biennial report with the governor,
supreme court, and chairs and ranking minority members of the senate and house of
representatives committees and divisions with jurisdiction over criminal justice funding
and policy by January 15 in each odd-numbered year. The report must provide the following:

(1) status and review of current statewide criminal justice information systems;

(2) recommendations concerning any legislative changes or appropriations that are
needed to ensure that the criminal justice information systems operate accurately and
efficiently; deleted text begin and
deleted text end

(3) summary of the activities of the advisory group, including any funding and grant
requests deleted text begin . deleted text end new text begin ; and
new text end

new text begin (4) summary of any reviews conducted by the advisory group of bureau audits, reports,
policies, programs, and procedures along with any recommendations provided to the bureau
related to the reviews.
new text end